{"product_id":"australias-vietnam-by-mark-dapin-9781742236360","title":"Australia's Vietnam","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2019 Nib Military History Prize Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book should be read by anyone interested in the way myths become accepted as history.' - Peter Edwards, author of \u003ci\u003eAustralia and the Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy everything you think you know about Australia's Vietnam War is wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen journalist and historian Mark Dapin first interviewed Vietnam veterans and wrote about the war, he swallowed (and regurgitated) every popular misconception. He wasn't alone. In \u003ci\u003eAustralia's Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e, Dapin argues that every stage of Australia's Vietnam War has been misremembered and obscured by myth. He disproves claims that every national serviceman was a volunteer, questions the idea that Australian troops committed atrocities, debunks the fallacy that there were no welcome home parades until 1987, and rebuts the fable that returned soldiers were met by spitting protesters at Australian airports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralia's Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to the understanding of Australia's experience of the war and will change the way we think about memory and military history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46848487227628,"sku":"9781742236360","price":99.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8265283482808.jpg?v=1758981874","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/australias-vietnam-by-mark-dapin-9781742236360","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}